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Junior Woman’s Club Seeks Art For Fundraiser For Safety Harbor Library
The GFWC Clearwater Junior Woman’s Club is
seeking artists to donate work for the Tableau d’Art auction in March
benefitting the Safety Harbor Library. The event will feature unique
and creatively decorated tables and items that might sit on a table.
Artists are encouraged to use their imagination to create “one of a
kind” distinctive pieces.
From its earliest days, the General Federation
of Women’s Clubs has been a strong supporter of the nation’s libraries.
The Clearwater club, with the support of its presenting sponsor, the
Safety Harbor Resort & Spa, continues that tradition with the
Tableau d’Art auction, with all proceeds going to the building fund for
the Safety Harbor Library.
The auction will be held 7-10 p.m. Thursday,
March 8 at the Safety Harbor Resort and Spa. Tickets for this evening
of live and silent auctions, music, hors d’oeuvres, and drinks will be
available to the public for $50 each.
Artists are asked to register with a
description of their planned work by Wednesday, Nov. 15. Additional
information about the club and this event, along with an artist
registration form, is available on the club’s website:
www.ClearwaterJuniors.org or call 727-422-0533.
Clearwater Junior Woman’s Club is a member of
the General Federation of Women’s Clubs International, which has for
more than a century encouraged women to improve their skills, expand
their rights, and apply their abilities to society’s problems.
Locally, the club provides the Helping Hands
Community Grants and the Mary Clark and Joseph Clark Memorial
scholarship program, which has contributed more than $311,000 to local
students and charities.
Most of the money is raised at the club’s
annual Christmas Under the Oaks arts and crafts show, held each
November at Coachman Park. Clearwater Juniors volunteer hundreds of
hours each year to help organizations and projects such as Safety
Village, Women on the Way, the Room that Love Built, Operation Smile,
Homeless Emergency Project, Relay for Life, One Voice for Children,
Safety Harbor Neighborhood Family Center, Wimauma, Parent University,
Coastal Clean-Up, Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership, and local schools,
emergency services, and community events.
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs
accomplishments include establishing 75 percent of the public libraries
and the first traveling libraries in the country, helping to establish
kindergarten as part of public schools, participating in enactment of
child labor and protection laws, playing a significant role in the
passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, and working for the
establishment of a National Gallery of Art.
The Safety Harbor Library was founded through the volunteer efforts of the Safety Harbor Women’s Club.
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